Bradford R. Kaupp

Denver, CO

720-***-****

acvnzh@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradkaupp

Telecommunications Systems Engineer

Results-Oriented Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, Systems Engineer, and Sales Engineer

Seasoned, tenacious, and resilient professional with 17+ years of experience in developing cutting-edge telecommunications solutions for clients, including a proven track record in partnership development, solutions deployment, and maximizing sales efforts and success rate. Thrive on consulting with clients to discover their needs and develop the perfect solution. A natural teacher with top-notch presentation skills who excels at breaking down complex topics and communicating them to all audience levels, from laymen to fellow engineers.

Areas of Expertise

Employee Management, Leadership

Relationship-Building Abilities

High-Level Solution Options

Design of Top-Down Architectures

Multi-Vendor Customer Solutions

Strong Verbal & Written Communication

Sales Cycle Knowledge

High-Level Technical Relationships

Crafting $MM RFPs & Proposals

Contract Negotiation

Product Development, Roadmap

RF Networking

Public Speaking

Wifi design

Best-in-Class Spec Development

Cellular architecture and Design

Project Architecture/Creation

Regulatory Approvals

Technical Skills: LTE, IoT, M2M, Wifi, DAS, IoT, Microsoft Server (SBS, Exchange), Windows and Mac OS/X, Cisco IOS, Linux, Visio, MS Project, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Prezi, IBWave, Cisco, Aruba, Juniper, DAS, Tellabs (PON, GPON), VOIP (Asterisk, LAMP, LAMPA) IP, Broadband, Networking, Telecommunications and Cellular/ Wireless Communications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Zayo Group – Contractor January 2016 – Present

Zayo Group provides communication infrastructure services, including fiber and connectivity, colocation and cloud services to the world’s leading businesses.

Small Cell/DAS Engineer

Performed planning and strategization to deploy carrier LTE small cell networks, including leading customer meetings and interfacing/coordinating with wireless carriers and partner vendors.

Acted as the subject matter expert for wireless communications networks.

Acted as the subject matter expert for fiber backhaul and fronthaul networks.

Performed small cell design work with ATOLL and iBWave.

Wrote and issued RFPs for maintenance and operations of Zayo owned Small Cell networks.

Conducted audits of existing small cell implementations to ensure accuracy of location and equipment.

Corning Optical Communications – Herndon, VA (Remotely located in Denver, CO) May 2014 – October 2015

Corning Optical Communications manufactures fiber optic and copper communications systems for voice, data and video network applications.

Solutions and Design Engineer, Wireless

Designed, presented, and implemented converged platform solutions that combined fiber optic Distributed Antenna Systems, Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON), and Wi-Fi technologies to enterprise clients with an average project value of $2M.

Performed planning and strategization to deploy client networks, including leading customer meetings and interfacing/coordinating with wireless carriers and partner vendors.

Acted as the subject matter expert for wireless and optical communications networks.

Conducted Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) trainings for systems integrators and value add resellers.

Steered “Voice of Customer” meetings to help shape the product roadmap.

Successfully launched Corning’s ONE platform; a fiber optic solution combining in-building cellular coverage and optical LAN/WAN.

Successfully completed several large-venue, fiber optic Wi-Fi and/or cellular designs and implementations,

Completed commissioning certification classes for Corning’s Mobile Access 1000/2000 DAS and ONE Platforms.

Completed Tellabs GPON network design program.

Completed Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and CCNA Wireless Certification.

Sprint – Overland Park, KS (Remotely Located in Denver, CO) July 2011 – May 2014

A leading cellular services provider. Throughout career at Sprint, consistently promoted into roles with increasing responsibility, including selection for the Sprint NLP Leadership Program.

Network Development Engineer, Regulatory and Technical Committees Support (December 2012 – May 2014)

Conducted development efforts and evaluated Sprint’s potential ability to partner with FirstNet and and the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) group in their endeavors to deploy the National Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN)

Engaged in planning, strategy and business justification for executing NPSBN partnerships and led discussions with various state, local and federal municipalities regarding NPSBN initiatives.

Attended and contributed to various Working Groups (Network Architecture Working Group, Public Safety Grade Working Group, Mission Critical Voice Working Group) associated with NPSBN.

Assisted Sprint’s Government Affairs team when commenting on FCC Proposed Rule Makings, collaborated with FirstNet, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) on deployment and technology direction, and aligned Sprint’s internal CTO team with PSCR regarding national and international telecommunication standards.

Directed Sprint’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core development teams, as well as managed RAN Core and Handset vendors, on 700Mhz integration efforts.

Was selected to and successfully completed the Sprint NLP Leadership Program.

Awarded Patent 8,878,889 for developing a ruthless pre-emption technology enabling first responders to, in emergent situations, break into phone calls, data and push to talk sessions on a network to announce an emergency.

Research and Design Engineer, Small Cells, Public Venue (July 2011 – December 2012)

Worked with Sprint Enterprise Account Teams on Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) migrations in the Mountain West and Kansas City.

Participated in Sprint’s Network Modernization Program (Network Vision).

Partnered with Custom Network Solutions and Small Cell teams to augment coverage/capacity in large venues like factories, campuses, arenas, stadiums, etc.

Collaborated with Engineering and Finance on CDMA, Wifi and Long-Term Evolution (LTE) augmentations ranging in size from eFemto to Pico and Macro Cells, including going on site walks, reviewing build plans, and participating in budgetary analyses. Key projects included Anheuser-Busch, Shell Petroleum, Denver International Airport, and the Las Vegas Strip.

Identified use cases and product gaps between legacy 2 and 3G networks and LTE/LTE advanced network platforms. Served as the client voice to Sales and Marketing regarding network engineering issues so that product gaps could be addressed and educated clients on features of new platforms.

Recaptured 55% of iDEN customers onto SDC, CDMA, and LTE networks after shuttering the iDEN network on June 30, 2013.

Completed Award Solutions Training on LTE, LTE Advanced, VoLTE, eHRPD (High Rate Packet Data), and eCFSB (Circuit Switched FallBack) technology.

SSC Consulting – Denver, CO May 2009 – July 2011

As a start-up venture, SSC Consulting provided consultation on network architecture solutions, Wifi, VOIP, computing solutions and project management for small- and medium-sized businesses.

Co-Founder, VP Solution Sales & Marketing

Developed and implemented an IT Consulting & Managed Service Provider business plan.

Raised seed and early stage capital investments totaling $40,000

Performed Business Development, Marketing and Sales activities that secured contracts with 20 small- and medium-sized businesses and allowed the company to employ 10 people.

Created and Responded to RFPs.

Deployed, configured, and maintained servers, routers, switches, wireless access points, distributed antenna systems and femto cells on behalf of clients.

Successfully launched a startup that is currently thriving; present revenues are approaching $400K

Implemented a scalable, managed services, cloud storage, and MS Exchange platform currently capable of securely serving more than 500 users.

Implemented a hosted, multi-tenant Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platform that currently supports 100 clients with capacity for 500+.

Alcatel Lucent – Murray Hill, NJ (Remotely located in Denver, CO) January 2008 – May 2009

Alcatel Lucent is a French-owned global telecommunications company. Spearheaded development efforts for a revolutionary mobile security and tracking solution that was developed in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Manager Wireless Engineering: Lucent Ventures

Performed program management and vendor coordination for all wireless devices under development.

Developed and tested integrated wireless radios and performed software validation for various mobile platforms including Android, iPhone, Blackberry, and Symbian.

Conducted regulatory certification engineering (FCC, IC, ATICK, JATE, TELEC, CE, PTCRB, GCF) for wireless devices.

Developed and assessed potential 3rd and 4th generation wireless solutions for CDMA EVDO (Evolution Data-Optimized) Rev A, High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), LTE and WiMAX

Successfully launched the solution in North America and began the certification process in Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Sprint Nextel – Reston, VA (Remotely Located: Seattle, WA 2002 – 2004; Denver, CO 2004 – 2008) 2002 – 2008

The merger of Sprint and Nextel produced one of the largest wireless telecommunications companies in the United States. As Senior Principal Technologist, wrote several white papers and gave multiple presentations on emerging technology, as well as opened a centralized solutions engineering office and helped create the Sprint Nextel Certified Solutions Engineer program.

Sr. Principal Technologist. Advanced Wireless Solutions Engineering

Provided subject matter expertise and supported sales and customer services on behalf of Enterprise Solutions Engineering teams, totaling as many as 200 engineers and 500 consultants throughout the United States and some of Canada/Mexico. Role focused on roadmap, competitive technologies, latest fixed and mobile wireless practices, and the future of fixed and mobile broadband from the RF layer through the RAN/CORE layers.

Spoke at events, ranging from client, C-level, and board meetings to industry conferences, regarding the future of wireless, mobile broadband, wireless security and architecture. Audiences ranged from a few dozen to a few thousand people.

Authored internal white papers and engineering development work requests; gathered requirements for products needed by the field but not yet developed.

Opened the Advanced Wireless Solutions Engineering office to provide R & D, training and rapid prototyping.

Helped create and provide continuing education regarding the “Sprint Nextel Certified Solutions Engineer” program.

Sat on and contributed to Sprint’s Technical Steering Committee

Circle of Excellence award recipient from 2003 to 2008.

CAREER NOTE

Early career experience includes work with Nextel Communications as an Enterprise Project Manager, Enterprise Data Solutions Engineer, and Service Deployment Engineer.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

University of Colorado – Denver, Denver, CO

Certifications

LTE • LTE Advanced • Qualcomm QChat, Qualcomm Snapdragon • eHRPD • WiMAX

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